With that, theres obviously a quite large roster and it keeps growing, as King of Fighters quickly took on a life of its own and started developing brand new beloved characters that have since become faces of SNK like Kyo Kusanagi and Iori Yagami.Once they kill off a character, no matter how popular said character may be, theyre generally left off entirely from future rosters unless its one of the semi-regular Dream Match games like King of Fighters 98 and King of Fighters 2002 (though its worth noting that exceptions have been made for Mature and Vice, who appear as ghosts since King of Fighters XII).
SNK clearly care a lot about their lore, but it seems that fans wishes may have wore them down, since they made quite a big thing happen at the end of the latest game in the series, King of Fighters 14 from 2016, which will likely lead to this no dead characters rule becoming a situation where its technically true but with some shenanigans involved. While King of Fighters 14 didnt have a particularly in-depth story mode, there were endings in place for each team in the game (16 different teams) with some being a bit more intricate and plot-heavy than others. Well get to the exact origins of Verse as a character and why he exists a bit further down in the article, but one of the key aspects mentioned about him is that he traps several different fighters souls from different ages. With his defeat, however, another thing happens all the souls locked within his grasp are released upon the world again, and King of Fighters 14 ends somewhat vaguely with the notion that fighters who had previously been dead have now been revived all across the world. ![]() With a lot of time travel shenanigans going on and Saiki being from far in the past, his descendant Ash decided to stop their entire bloodline and foil Saikis plan entirely, thereby sacrificing himself in the process. Their disappearance caused his appearance, and thus his defeat seems to have caused the reappearance of Ash Crimson. While Ashs return is sure to please many a fans, he actually only sat out one game since his introduction. ![]() With the events of King of Fighters 14, however, this is all subject to change now. While many of the previously deceased characters are various boss fighters who are unlikely to be brought back as regular fighters (unless theyre as popular as Goenitz who may indeed make a comeback based on fanbase alone), the New Faces Team stands out as characters with no such restrictions or asterisks to their names. Fans have been pushing for it for a long time and SNK have made strides to shift their storyline around in a manner where they can bring back the characters without denying the backstories of their previous titles.
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